What Is Mirth Connect?

NextGen Connect is a cross-platform interface engine used in the healthcare industry that enables the management of information using bi-directional sending of many types of messages. The primary use of this interface engine is in healthcare.

How does Mirth Connect work?

Mirth generally allows messages from Healthcare Information Systems (HIT) systems and allows messages to be filtered, transformed, and routed based on user-defined rules. Filtering, transformation, and routing of messages are the ways Mirth Connect allows the sharing of data.

Is Mirth Connect free?

NextGen Connect (formerly Mirth Connect) is a free open-source health care integration engine that "translates message standards into the one your system understands," including data formats and standards like HL7, DICOM, ANSI X12, ASCII, and XML.

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